diff --git a/public/src/client/users.js b/public/src/client/users.js
index b96f3f5501..c3f374c4ff 100644
--- a/public/src/client/users.js
+++ b/public/src/client/users.js
@@ -115,11 +115,6 @@ define('forum/users', function() {
 		var username = $('#search-user').val();
 		var notify = $('#user-notfound-notify');
 		page = page || 1;
-		if (!username) {
-			notify.html('<i class="fa fa-circle-o"></i>');
-			notify.parent().removeClass('btn-warning label-warning btn-success label-success');
-			return;
-		}
 
 		notify.html('<i class="fa fa-spinner fa-spin"></i>');
 		var filters = [];
diff --git a/src/user/search.js b/src/user/search.js
index 9df346f6ec..34140005e1 100644
--- a/src/user/search.js
+++ b/src/user/search.js
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 		var page = data.page || 1;
 		var uid = data.uid || 0;
 
-		if (!query) {
-			return callback(null, {timing: 0, users: [], matchCount: 0, pages: []});
-		}
-
 		if (searchBy.indexOf('ip') !== -1) {
 			return searchByIP(query, uid, callback);
 		}